On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 16:38 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > Cliff Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The bottom line is this: some people like Tk, some wxPython. Each has > > advantages and disadvantages. But to claim that you *can only* do > > something in one or the other only demonstrates that you haven't really > > tried. > > I can put up a Tk gui in about 5 lines of code from a stock Python > distro without having to install anything additional. How do I do > that with wxPython?
How can I embed a browser in Tk (I mean a real browser, like Mozilla, Safari, or even Exploder)? At all? On any platform? This has always been the tradeoff for Tk. wxPython has a much larger selection of sophisticated widgets than Tk does (I first tried wxPython because of its grid widget, which Tk didn't have at the time and the pure Tk version I wrote was sloooow. I doubt Tk still has anything that compares). I'm working on improving my user interface designs and I'm leaning toward the hybrid HTML + GUI systems as seen in many utilities (such as Norton AV, AdAware, etc). I don't see that approach as being even remotely possible in Tkinter. Tk is great for learning, easy to write small, basic interfaces, less great for deploying real world apps with sophisticated interfaces. I've often felt that Tk was the VB of GUI toolkits: terrific for knocking out simple stuff, but starts to bite you in the *** when you try to do the hard stuff. wxPython is the opposite: it has a steeper learning curve, but once you know it, you can do amazing things. For me, the long term benefits are far more important to me than how low the startup costs are. Besides, as mentioned earlier, you *do* need to install something additional: the python-tkinter package such as: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/rpms/fedora-3/python2.4-tkinter-2.4.1-1pydotorg.i386.rpm Although I'll also admit it seems that it can be easier (for many people) to mess up your wxPython install than your Tkinter install. Regards, Cliff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.develix.com :: Web applications and hosting :: Linux, PostgreSQL and Python specialists :: -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
